A Vietnamese woman writes to us about the misconceptions many Americans have about immigrants, and indignities endured at the Northwest Processing Center.

Another letter received from G.E.R.S. details his observations about immigration judges - and the pervasive injustice of the system they preside over.

Christina was with her husband when he was yanked off a bus for failing to produce his "papers." Then he was placed into a room with 20 other men and fed only a piece of bread, a slice of cheese, and water three times a day.

People do not flee their homelands on a whim. They are running for their lives.